Blogs from Barrie, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 2

Jetzt gibts wieder eine Fortsetzung unseres Besuchs bei Jaja. Um 9h sind wir aufgestanden, wir wollten ja möglichst nicht gesehen werden. Alex hat im Hellen sein Notizbuch wiedergefunden. Es gab Duschen, sogar umsonst, die wir natürlich gleich genutzt haben. Ich habe dabei auch gleich mein Handtuch gewaschen, das doch schon ziemlich dreckig war. Alex und Sepp haben sich sogar rasiert. Wir haben das Personal gefragt, ob es irgendwelche Rückfahrmöglichkeiten gibt, aber dem war irgendwie nicht so. Wir haben uns diesmal getrennt, Sepp und ich haben am Highway den Daumen rausgehalten, während Alex auf dem Gelände gefragt hat. Nach einer halben Stunde hielten bei uns auch zwei Typen an, das Auto war zwar schon proppevoll, aber was solls, wir haben uns mit rein gequetscht. Der Hund, der vorher noch auf dem Rücksitz war, ist unter Protest und ... read more

The Oro-Medonte Rail Trail Number of times we have biked this trail: at least twice a year since 2000 Location: Orillia to Barrie Distance: 29 km Distance markers: maps at each road crossing Surface: crushed limestone Width: 3 metres Grade: Flat Conditions of trail: good Parking: yes, lots Water: none Washrooms: Line 2 (and see below for off trail) Garbage containers: none Rest Areas: none Trail marking: clear maps at each "oro-medonte line" crossing The Oro-Medonte rail trail runs between Barrie and Orillia Ontario for a distance of 29 kilometres. It is a level, easy ride of crushed limestone and suitable for walking or biking. It is also used in winter for skiing, and snowmobiling. Washrooms are ava... read more

So it's almost been a year since my last post and my have things changed. I'm now a certified ESL teacher, I just accepted a job offer to work in Maldives for a year. Today is Thursday, I got the email with the initial job posting on Tuesday, contract on Wednesday, shots today.. fly out on Sunday! It's hard to keep the language clean when talking about the insanity that has become this week! This adventure will be tame... After realizing the impact that my crazy behaviour has on family and friends *cough cough* Laos, I've decided to attempt to keep things on the safer side of life. I bought my first official 'teacher sweater', very scholastically inclined. At this point I'm still awaiting my final contract to show airport authorities juuuust in case. All for ... read more

11 more days to go! Our backpacks are packed, we've said some of our goodbyes, still a few last minute details to iron out - but we're almost there. After years of planning, it almost seems surreal - I don't think it will set in that we're really going, we're really doing this until we are half-way across the country. Initially, our plan was to go to Australia and travel around for a year on a Working Holiday Visa. Once we started looking into this, we heard more and more about how interesting New Zealand is, and decided we wanted to go there as well. At first, we thought we could go for only a few weeks, but there seems to be so much to do that we wanted a lot of time to explore and ... read more

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